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Determination and Comparison of the Pathogen Spectrum Evaluated by Microbial Culture and Multiplex PCR During Bronchoscopy with Regard to Clinical Utility of Routine Bronchial Wash in Patients with Various Pulmonary Diseases [PDF]

Diagnostics
Background/Objectives: Bronchial wash for microbiological cultivation and/or multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is often routinely performed during bronchoscopy independent of the indication for bronchoscopy.
Christopher Milacek, Christina Bal, Peter Starzengruber, Sonja Zehetmayer, Marco Idzko, Daniela Gompelmann   +5 more
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Pathogen spectrum and immunotherapy in patients with anti-IFN-γ autoantibodies: A multicenter retrospective study and systematic review [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
BackgroundAnti-interferon-γ autoantibody (AIGA) positivity is an emerging immunodeficiency syndrome closely associated with intracellular infection in individuals without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu, Gaoneng Fang, Gaoneng Fang, Feng Ye, Wen Zeng, Mengxin Tang, Xuan Wei, Jinglu Yang, Zhengtu Li, Jianquan Zhang   +12 more
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Regional Spondylodiscitis Disparities: Impact on Pathogen Spectrum and Patients. [PDF]

J Clin Med
Background: Spondylodiscitis is an infectious disease affecting an intervertebral disc and the adjacent vertebral bodies and is often the complication of a distant focus of infection. This study aims to ascertain the regional and hospital-specific disparities in bacterial patterns and resistance profiles in spontaneous and iatrogenic spondylodiscitis ...
Pantel T, Mende KC, Stangenberg M, Mohme M, Mohme T, Floeth F, Eicker SO, Dreimann M.   +7 more
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Respiratory bacterial and viral pathogen spectrum among influenza-positive and influenza-negative patients [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Respiratory tract infections are a significant burden on public health worldwide, with influenza being a prominent viral infection. Although influenza is known to predispose individuals to secondary bacterial infections, the precise spectrum ...
Jing Shi, Shi Han, Yating Zhang, Xiaohua Lu, Yunxia Gan, Narenqimuge Tong, Lu Ma, Hang Zhuan, Ying Dai, Yaqi Ji, Guoming Li, Dan Chen, Lu Yang   +12 more
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Respiratory Infection-Related Pathogens in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit During 2019–2024 in Hubei, China [PDF]

Pathogens
Respiratory infections are a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality in children, and the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a critical setting for managing severe cases.
Jiahui Chen, Ying Li, Dan Sun, Hebin Chen, Haizhou Liu, Wenqing Li, Yanli Wang, Feng Han, Jiali Xu, Xueru Liu, Hui Du, Youjing Liu, Qing Du, Yifei Zhang, Yan Li, Yi Yan, Di Liu, Xiaoxia Lu   +17 more
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Pathogenic antibodies to AQP4: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) [PDF]

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, 2021
NMOSD is a rare but severe relapsing remitting demyelinating disease that affects both adults and children. Most patients have pathogenic antibodies that target the central nervous system AQP4 protein. This review provides an update on our current understanding of the disease pathophysiology and describes the clinical, paraclinical features and ...
Wright, Sukhvir K., Wassmer, Evangeline, Vincent, Angela   +2 more
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Different In Vitro Drug Susceptibility Profile of Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Two Adjacent Areas of Northeast Myanmar and Molecular Markers for Drug Resistance

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is the epicenter of antimalarial drug resistance. We determined in vitro susceptibilities to 11 drugs of culture-adapted Plasmodium falciparum isolates from adjacent areas (Laiza and Muse) along the China–Myanmar border.
Mengxi Duan, Yao Bai, Shuang Deng, Yonghua Ruan, Weilin Zeng, Xiaosong Li, Xun Wang, Wei Zhao, Hui Zhao, Kemin Sun, Wenya Zhu, Yiman Wu, Jun Miao, Myat Phone Kyaw, Zhaoqing Yang, Liwang Cui   +15 more
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The broad spectrum of pathogenic autoreactivity

Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022
Self-reactive immune responses occur in autoimmune diseases and also in chronic inflammatory and metabolic diseases that are not generally considered as autoimmune diseases. How do the mechanisms of autoreactivity in the different settings overlap and how are they distinguished?
Santambrogio, Laura, Marrack, Philippa
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Aetiological Characteristics of Infectious Diarrhea in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China in 2017

Viruses, 2022
This study aimed to analyse the pathogenic spectrum and epidemiological characteristics of infectious diarrhea in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China and provide a reference for its prevention and control.
Zhenlu Sun, Jinjie Xu, Peihua Niu, Miao Jin, Qiao Gao, Ruiqing Zhang, Ji Wang, Yong Zhang, Xuejun Ma   +8 more
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The epidemiological characteristics of enterovirus infection before and after the use of enterovirus 71 inactivated vaccine in Kunming, China

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2021
Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) inactivated vaccines have been widely inoculated among children in Kunming City after it was approved. However, there was a large-scale outbreak of Enteroviruses (EVs) infection in Kunming, 2018.
Hongchao Jiang, Zhen Zhang, Qing Rao, Xiaodan Wang, Meifen Wang, Tingyi Du, Jiaolian Tang, Shuying Long, Juan Zhang, Jia Luo, Yue Pan, Junying Chen, Jing Ma, Xiaomei Liu, Mao Fan, Tiesong Zhang, Qiangming Sun   +16 more
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